Packaging
Material | Share on total production in % |
Paper, card, cardboard | 36.6 |
Glass | 22.9 |
Plastics | 20.6 |
Wood | 15.6 |
Metal | 4.3 |
Paper, card and corrugated card packaging
- With a value percentage of 49% packaging is by far the largest sector of the paper and board converting industry.
- The amount of packaging recycled from paper, card and corrugated card reached 88%.
Source: Austrian Association of the Paper and Board Converting Industry, Annual report 2011
Plastics
Companies (plastics processing industry) | 562 |
Staff | 25,730 |
Share of packaging on the total production of the plastics processing industry | 16% |
Production value of packaging within the plastics processing industry (in Euro) | 784 |
Glass
Production value in EUR million | 1,294 |
Staff | 8,612 |
Packaging glass production (in metric tons) | 397,229 |
Total selective glass collection for recycling (in metric tons) | 229,580 |
thereof collected by private households (in metric tons) | 209,360 |
Recycling rate | 85% |
Printing
Printing presses (2010) | 1,750 |
Staff (2010) | 10,204 |
Export quota (2011) | 17.8% |
